The Friends of Music have donated a Cajón drum to the music program at the Bedington Elementary School. The drum was presented to Ms. Nicole Slick’s Second-Grade music class at the school on Wednesday, May 2. The accompanying photo shows some of Ms. Slick’s students experimenting with the instrument. A Cajón is a box-shaped percussion […]
The Friends of Music have presented a $500 grant to the Spring Mills Middle School to cover the cost of new music-education software for the school’s music students. The grant was presented at an assembly of choral students at the school on Tuesday, April 24. In the accompanying photo, Friends of Music President Linda Walker […]
The Friends of Music will present the final concert of their 2017-2018 season in Shepherdstown on Saturday, May 19. The concert, by the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra, will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “Czech it Out,” it will highlight the orchestra’s woodwind section and feature two works by prominent Czech […]
The Friends of Music are sponsoring a murder mystery dinner theater performance at Shepherdstown’s Clarion Hotel the evening of Friday, May 25. The event will be a fundraiser for the Friends, and everyone in the community is invited to attend. It will combine a seated dinner and an original, lighthearted murder mystery performed by Murder […]
The Friends of Music have donated a set of African drums to the music program at the North Jefferson Elementary School. The drums were presented at an assembly of music students at the school on Wednesday, March 28. The accompanying photo shows Friends of Music Office Manager Jennifer Perrotte and Friends Board member Andrew McMillan, […]
The Friends of Music will present a special concert in Shepherdstown by the St. James School Choir the evening of Saturday, April 14. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church on West German Street. There will be no set price for tickets but a donation of $10 per person is […]
STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN MARCH 24 CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT Four student musicians from the Berkeley County Orchestra Program have been chosen to participate in the next Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert on March 24. The concert is sponsored by the Friends of Music. It will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church […]
If you plan to attend our March 24 Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert you won’t want to miss the pre-concert luncheon! The luncheon will be held at Shepherdstown’s Bavarian Inn on Friday, March 23 at 12 noon. The orchestra’s Music Director, Jed Gaylin, will speak, offering his insights into the works that will be performed […]
The Friends of Music will present a Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra concert in Shepherdstown on Saturday, March 24. The concert will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. Entitled “Pipe Dreams,” it will feature two concertos for organ and orchestra performed on the Church’s historic organ by Maryland organist Marvin Mills. The concertos […]
The Friends of Music are sponsoring their Third Annual “Puzzle Mania” jigsaw puzzle competition in Shepherdstown the afternoon of Sunday, February 25. The event will be a fundraiser for the Friends and its Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra. It will be held starting at 1:00 p.m. at the Shepherd University Wellness Center on the West Campus. […]
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